"Red" Normal Speech

'Green' People's thoughts

"Charizard" Other being's speech

'Mewtwo' Other being's thoughts

[Pokedex] Pokedex entries

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. It belongs to The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, Game Freak and Satoshi Tajiri

AN: This chapter had yet to be beta-read

Warning: This fanfic contains spoilers of the Pokemon Adventure (Up to the Emerald saga) manga. You can easily read this fic without having read the manga though, and this is just for those that want to avoid spoilers from it

Chapter 1

A Fiery Start

Kanto, Pallet Town, one week later

For the last time that day Red looked around at the room that had become his own this past couple of months. It was weird to be honest, since he was never one to stay at one place for too much time, but still he had grown a little bit fond of this room, even if it wasn't really his own.

It was just another thing he was borrowing from Ash Ketchum.

He shook his head and slapped both his cheeks with his hands. Having those thoughts again wouldn't help him at all, he already felt guilty enough as it is. He just had to follow his plan and set everything right.

That would be the best for everyone.

The former champion gave a look to his reflection in the mirror that was in the room. While before he couldn't help but to flinch every time he looked at a mirror he was now getting more used to it. Of course he still didn't like seeing another person's body instead of his but he guessed it could be worse.

Red looked at himself in the mirror, inspecting the clothes he had decided to use to travel. It was nothing special, just a red jacket with white accents over a black shirt, dark blue pants, black shoes, a pair of black fingerless gloves and finally a white and red hat with a small logo on the front. He used it backwards though.

At least this Ash kid had some good taste in clothes. He never understood how Blue could walk around with that big cape/robe thing of his.

He also had a dark blue backpack on his back, filled to the brim with stuff he might need on his journey. Delia had made sure to get everything that a trained could need, from potions and antidotes to even food, but apparently it was Professor Oak the one that would give him the Pokeballs. It was just another thing to add to the list of things he owed to this woman.

Now he just had to get one more thing and he was good to go. Red kneeled down in front of his bed, and with his right hand he grabbed a Pokeball from under it. He hated putting Charizard's Pokeball there, but there weren't many other places to hide it. Charizard didn't like it either, that much was obvious to Red, but the Fire/Flying type understood the situation enough to not complain.

He looked at the Pokeball and just like always he was greeted with the sharp eyes of the Kanto starter looking right back at him. The young trainer just nodded to the Pokemon, making a promise on his head that he would get him out as soon as possible so that the Pokémon could at least stretch his wings.

"Honey you better hurry up or you're going to be late!" Delia's voice took Red's focus out of the Pokeball, and so with a last look as the room the leader of the Dex Holders moved out, nothing but determination burning on his eyes.

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Delia Ketchum loved her son. There was no doubt about that, and anyone that knew the woman, even if they only met her for five minutes could tell you that much easily.

Ash had always been her pride and joy. The energetic kid was the brightest part of her life. She was truly proud of him, so it wasn't so surprising that, even though he was still here, she already missed him.

Of course she knew that this day would come. For as long as she could remember Ash had always wanted to be a Pokemon trainer. He loved Pokemon, so it wasn't a surprise to see him leave in his own journey.

But it still hurt though. He might no longer be a little kid but he would always be her baby boy on her heart. She was afraid of something happening to him, of him getting hurt, both physically and mentally, after all she knew how sensitive he could actually be, and just the thought of what could happen if he didn't manage to accomplish his dream of becoming a Pokemon Master broke her heart.

She shook her head at that. No, her son was special, and she knew that if someone could accomplish that it was definitely him.

She was taken out of her thoughts by the sound of her son walking down the stairs, and then it only took a few seconds for him to reach the living room. Her eyes met his and she couldn't help but to smile. He had truly grown up to be a fine young man.

However she then frowned as soon as he looked to the side, and she could easily feel that he was tense. She wanted to pass it out as just nervousness but she wasn't blind. She didn't know why but her son had been acting weird this past couple of months. He had been acting distant, sometimes even a little bit cold. He didn't act as happy as he normally did, and she sometimes found him looking at an empty space with eyes showing so much sadness that it almost made her cry.

She knew that sometimes she could be a little bit overbearing, so she had tried to cheer him up as much as she could without directly asking what was keeping him so down, wanting for him to reach out for her, but that never happened. He looked better than before, but she could still tell that something was bothering him.

"Honey come here for a second, you have something on your face" she suddenly called to him, prompting for him to look at her in confusion before moving a hand to his face "No it's not there, come here or do you want to start your journey like that?" she continued with a giggle, prompting the boy to raise an eyebrow at her before walking towards her.

Then as soon as he got close she took him by surprise by wrapping her arms around him quickly, bringing him as close as possible is a hug. She felt him tense up almost immediately, but he didn't break up the hug nor did he return it, but she wasn't going to release him until he heard what she had to say.

"I know you must be excited about this" she started speaking, affection escaping from her words "But don't forget that this will always be your home, and that I love you. You make me so proud, you will always be my little boy; even after you become a Pokémon Master, so when you get to the top please don't forget about your mom, alright honey?"

For a moment neither of them spoke in the embrace, with Delia having to blink away some tears, however after a few seconds the younger of the two finally spoke.

"I won't… and thank you" he whispered, knowing that there was something else he had to say, something that the kind woman that was hugging him wanted and deserved to hear… but he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Green was right, he was terrible at lying.

"We better go if we want to get there early then" Delia said while breaking the hug and giving her son a smile, one that he returned with a small one of his own.

And with that both left the house, their destination being Professors Oak's lab.

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Professor's Lab

Breathing in and out, that was the only thing Red could so in order so calm himself. His mind was a mess right now thanks to his little conversation with Delia, but he knew that this wasn't the time for that.

He could let his guilt to eat him later.

Right now him, Gary and Leaf were waiting for Professor Oak to get here, which was weird since they were already inside his lab. The place was really big, and it was even filled with computers, machines and plenty of other things that Red didn't recognize at all.

Only the three of them have been allowed to enter, with Delia, Leaf's parents and Gary's sister and cheerleaders being forced to wait outside. Well at least Daisy, Gary's sister, actually acted just like he remembered from his world.

Red looked to his left, or to be more specific towards Gary. The auburn-haired boy was also looking around the place with bored eyes and a frown, probably also wondering what why was it taking so long for his grandfather to get here.

Then he looked to his right, and as soon as he did he was met with Leaf's brown eyes glaring at him, prompting Red to simply blink at her, not getting what her problem was.

"What?" he voiced his confusion out-loud, also getting Gary's attention.

"I'm picking my Pokemon first, got it?" the girl suddenly declared, getting a confused look from Red and a frown from Gary.

"Excuse me? What makes you think you can decide that?! I'm his grandson so of course I get to pick-" Gary tried to complain, but he shut up as soon as Leaf's glare became focused on him. Instead he just looked at the other way while muttering under his breath.

"Whatever"

Then Leaf's attention went back to Red, who honestly didn't have a problem with her picking first. This was the start of her journey after all, so if he chose first he would feel like he was stealing something precious from her. Sure she might not act friendly at all, but he wasn't going to pick the Pokemon she liked just to spite her.

Same with Gary to be honest.

Besides he didn't have a particular preference towards the three starters. He had seen them all in action after all, and while a part of him wanted to choose Bulbasaur since that was the Pokemon he had more experience with out of the three, he also wanted the chance to train both Charmander and Squirtle.

Blue's Charizard and Green's Blasty had showed him the power that those two could have.

"Sure" he answered with a shrug, earning a nod from her, however he couldn't help but to add some more "Would it have killed you if you asked in a nicer way?"

"Yes" was the only answer she gave him before turning around, earning a deadpanned expression from the former Champion.

Then a coughing sound got the three's attention, said sound coming from none other than Professor Oak, who had just appeared in front of them.

"I'm sure you all must be exited, so follow me and I'll lead you to your future partners" the Professor said with a small smile before walking deeper into the lab, the three soon to be trainers following quickly.

They stopped as soon as the older man reached a weird looking machine. The Professor then simply pressed a button, making the top of the machine to split open, revealing three Pokeballs, each one with a little mark on it showing a type Pokemon.

Grass, Water and Fire.

"As you already know here in Kanto trainers can start with either one of three options: Bulbasaur the Grass type, Squirtle the Water type and Charmander the Fire type. It is my duty to give you your first Pokemon" He said with a serious voice, his eyes looking at each one of them.

"This is a very important decision that you shouldn't make lightly" Oak continued "so unless you have already thought about it feel free to rethink it a little bit"

Then the Professor simply stood there, wanting to see who would make the first move and what they would choose. He already knew what his grandson would choose though, he had make it quite clearly after all.

Then after a few seconds Leaf moved first, gaining everyone's attention. Her hand quickly grabbed one of the Pokeball, which made Red show a small nostalgic smile while Gary released a breath he didn't even knew he was holding.

"I pick Bulbasaur then!" the girl said before releasing said Pokemon from the Pokeball, and with a white flash the Grass/Poison dual type stood before them.

"Bulba!" the little Bulbasaur exclaimed as soon as it appeared, its eyes instantly meeting Leaf's brown ones. The girl actually smiled, something that Red hadn't seen her doing since he met her. Smirking? Sure, but just smiling? Never.

Then she kneeled and rubbed Bulbasaur's head, getting a happy squeal from the Kanto starter. In that time Professor Oak had moved towards her, holding various things Red recognized on his hands.

"Here" Oak said, earning Leaf's attention "This are your Pokeball, which you will of course use to catch more Pokemon, and your Pokedex. Not only it will help you get information of any Pokemon you see, but it will also work as your Trainer ID. It has plenty of other uses too"

"Thank you Professor" the girl said with a bow before grabbing the Pokeballs and the Pokedex. She then returned Bulbasaur to its own Pokeball before leaving the place.

Now that was another thing that confused Red. Back in his world Pokedex were extremely rare. So rare that besides him and his friends only a small bunch of other trainers had one. They even had a tittle: Dex Holders.

But here apparently they were quite a lot more usual to find. At least that how it looked like if every trainer actually had one.

He didn't know how to feel about that.

"Then I pick you, Squirtle!" Red was taken out of his thoughts by Gary's voice, who had just taken out the Pokemon he had chosen. Now in front of them stood confidently the tiny turtle Pokemon, paws on its side as if it was making an heroic pose

"Squir, Squirtle!" the water Pokemon said proudly before looking straight at Gary, who was doing the same. The Squirtle actually gave him a full look over before nodding approvingly and jumping towards him. Gary was barely able to catch him, but when he did he started rubbing its head like Leaf had done earlier

Then Professor Oak gave the same things to Gary, with a few extra words on how he knew he would bring even more pride to the last name Oak.

"Smell ya later Ashy-boy!" was the last thing Gary said before leaving with his Squirtle on his shoulder, getting a sweat drop from the black-haired teen.

Smell ya later? What did that even mean?! He could feel Charizard's Pokeball getting hotter, probably out of the Pokemon's angriness.

Red then looked towards the last remaining Pokeball of the three, a logo indicating Fire still on it. It was quite obvious what his starter was now, and he couldn't help but to get excited about it. Not only he would have his own Charmander but he was sure he could get Charizard to help him train Charmander.

"Alright then Charmander you're going with me!" Red said just as he grabbed the Pokeball. He then opened it, expecting for the small fire lizard to appear just like the other two starters before.

However…

"Eh?"

The Pokeball was empty. Nothing came out. Red even shook it a little bit but nothing. The black-haired teen was only able to look at the object with an empty look on his face, his eyes slowly going from it to the Professor.

"Oh right, I forgot" the old man suddenly said, his eyes widening as if he had remembered something "Another young boy came here really early in the morning and took Charmander with him… his name was Ritchie I believe"

Another trainer huh? Red could understand that, but then why was the Pokeball even there to begin with if it was empty.

"Why would you let an empty Pokeball in the selection…?" he voiced out his question to the Professor.

"I wanted to see who would be the lucky one" he answered with a straight face, earning a twitching eye from Red. The young man closed the Pokeball calmly and then proceeded to throw it towards the older man, directly to his face.

But Samuel Oak was faster and simply caught the sphere in his hand before chuckling at the fuming expression of the boy he saw as a second grandson.

"Don't worry Ash, I still have one more Pokemon and I think he will be perfect for you"

Red was relieved at hearing that, but he also got a little bit nervous because of the glint that appeared on the Professor's eyes as soon as he said that.

"Really?" the former Champion asked slowly, not liking the smile that had formed in the older man's face.

"Really" was his only answer before touching a button on the machine, making a fourth Pokeball appear, this one with a lightning mark on it.

'Oh boy…' Red couldn't help but to think, a sense of dread forming itself in his heart.

He had a bad feeling about this.

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An hour later, Route 1

Déjà vu. That was something that Red wasn't used to feeling. He had experienced it before of course, but he normally just ignored it as a trick of his mind.

He couldn't do that now though. Not with his current situation. He thought that his problems with certain electric little mouse type of Pokemon were over, but apparently he was too naïve.

Either that or fate just liked to mess with him.

What was his situation to be precise? Well right now he was walking through an open field that was known as Route 1, which connected Pallet Town with Viridian City. That itself was pretty normal, after all he was a new trainer from Pallet Town, so of course Route 1 would be his first destination.

No, the real problem was that, just like how he had done years ago when he was ten, he was dragging a small rodent known as Pikachu with a rope, since the Pokemon himself refused to even listening to him, and every attempt ended with him being shocked by the yellow mouse.

Of course this Pikachu was his starter Pokemon, since Professor Oak had decided that Pikachu was perfect for him.

As soon as he had seen the electric Pokemon he felt two things. Nostalgia since the Pikachu looked practically the same to his own Pika, and fear since the Pikachu had the exact same eyes that his Pika had when he caught it.

Eyes that said that he would get very familiar with electricity soon enough.

So here he was, dragging an uncooperative Pikachu with a rope, said Pikachu doing nothing but glaring daggers at him. At least when he was ten he still had Saur and Poli with him, so even if Pika didn't listen to him he could still rely on those two.

But this Pikachu was supposed to be his first Pokemon. Sure he still had Charizard, but it wasn't like he could just use Charizard for everything, so officially his only Pokemon was this Pikachu.

He was so screwed.

"So… are you sure you don't want me to carry you or something?" Red asked to the electric Pokemon, receiving nothing but a glare, with sparks coming off the Pikachu's cheeks. It had become plainly obvious for Red that Pikachu didn't like staying inside his Pokeball, which was fine with him since his Pika had been just the same, but there were better methods of transportation than just him dragging the Pokemon around.

The young trainer just released a sigh, his eyes looking at the giant field that they were currently in. It was quite the view; with the sun high on the sky the whole place looked really peaceful.

There were plenty of Pokemon too, some he recognized and some that he didn't. He found mostly bird like Pokemon, the most common one being Pidgey as far as he could see.

Of course thoughts of catching at least one Pokemon here had crossed his mind, but considering how difficult Pikachu was being that didn't sound like a good idea.

Deciding to stop for a moment to think about a plan of action Red walked towards a lonely three that was to the side of the road, still dragging Pikachu with him, much to the dismay of the Electric type.

The black-haired youth sat under the shadow of the tree, his back touching the wooden base. Pikachu sat a few feet away from him, with his back towards his trainer.

Another sigh escaped the trainer's lips, his eyes focused on the back of his first Pokemon in this world. He wasn't a stranger to stubborn Pokemon like him, heck his very own Pikachu had acted just the same when he caught him, but right now he didn't know what to do.

Before he would simply be patient with the Pokemon, after all gaining the trust of some of them wasn't easy, and that could easily make them not follow your orders.

Blue's Charizard came to mind at that moment. He knew that the only reason the Pokemon trusted him and obey him was because of Blue himself. The fact that his own Saur had been able to do toe to toe against him probably played a part of that too.

"So… why do you hate me so much?" Red suddenly asked, trying to see if he could get something out of the electric Pokemon. He got nothing but silence though, which just made him frown

"Oh c'mon… is there something I can do that would make you hate me any less?" subtle was not his thing, Red knew that, but it wasn't like he could afford too much time without moving. Apparently he had one year to get all eight medals, which was the requirement to enter the Indigo League.

Another difference from his world but he wouldn't complain. He just hoped some of the Gym Leaders were different in this world, after all half of them had been criminals back in his Kanto.

That thought immediately made him remember Giovanni. He didn't have any problems with the other Kanto Gym Leader that had once been criminals, after all they had redeemed themselves, but Giovanni was a whole new story.

He would never forgive that man, and if this world also had a version of him then he would stop him too, and Viridian city was the perfect place to figure that out.

Now if only Pikachu would at least respond in some form.

The black-haired teen just released a sigh in defeat, wondering if every Pikachu he met would hate him like this. He wasn't able to stay in that though for long though, since the sudden sound of ruffling leafs from above took away his attention.

The teen looked up with a curious face, wondering what the cause of that was. The answer came quickly for him, since a few seconds later a small figure swept down from the tree's leaf, landing just besides the trainer.

Red looked at the small being in both wonder and curiosity. It was a Pokemon alright, but he had never seen one like that, meaning it wasn't from any region he had visited. With a sudden idea the black-haired teen took out his Pokedex. It was certainly different from the one he had, but at least it was easy enough to use (1)

He took the red encyclopedia and opened, aiming it at the small Pokemon that was looking up at him with its head moved a little bit to the side, practically showing its curiosity.

And with the click of a button the Pokedex was suddenly brought to life, a mechanical voice coming out of it soon after.

[Rufflet, the Eaglet Pokemon. They will challenge anything, even strong opponents, without fear. Their frequent fights help them become stronger]

"Rufflet, huh?" Red murmured while looking between the small bird Pokemon and his Pokedex. Catching a Pokemon right now wouldn't be such a bad idea, and this would certainly be a good first fight for him and Pikachu.

"Hey Pikachu, why don't we…" and his words died on his mouth as soon as Pikachu simply glared at him with sparks coming out of his cheeks.

"Well they can't say I didn't try" he whispered before chuckling a little bit. His attention was once again brought to the Rufflet, who had now starting flying around him, its big eyes glued firmly to his own brown eyes.

Then the next thing that happened took him by surprise. Rufflet suddenly moved and with a swift motion started pecking his head!

"Stop! Stop it!" Red shouted, moving his arms trying to stop the Normal/Flying Pokemon from breaking his skull with its beak; however it was to no avail since the Rufflet simply kept going at it with gusto.

"Pikachu help!" Seeing that the little bird was not going to stop he tried to get the help of his starter Pokemon, after all if someone could deal with a Flying Pokemon it was Pikachu, but the only thing he got from the electric rodent was a smirk.

He was on his own it seems.

However just after he honestly started considering wrestling with the Pokemon the Rufflet stopped and landed a few inches away from the black-haired trainer, its eyes now looking away into the horizon.

"Huh?" Red looked at the Unova Pokemon in confusion while he rubbed his head with his right hand, trying to sooth the pain the Pokemon had been inflicted on him. Of course he wasn't complaining about the Pokemon sudden stop, but he didn't understand why it stopped. His eyes then landed on Pikachu, whose eyes were also looking in the same direction as the Rufflet. Not only that but both his ears and tail were standing firm, almost as if he was on alert.

Red looked towards the direction in which both Pokemon were looking, his eyes growing wide as soon as he saw the black clouds that were looming over there, and that by the looks of things would be reaching this spot in no time.

However that wasn't all. The former champion narrowed his eyes, trying to get a better look at something on the distance, but before he could see what it was the Rufflet suddenly flew off, gaining the teen's attention. Not only that but plenty of other flying Pokemon suddenly took off from the tree above him in the complete opposite direction of the black clouds.

"This can't be good" he whispered before standing up and walking closer to Pikachu, who for the first time since they met didn't try to zap him, too focused on whatever was coming towards them.

Red could see it now too. He could see what, or rather who was right now running towards him, and exactly what was making her run so franticly.

"Shit" he couldn't help but to whispered, knowing that the situation was going to get worse. He could practically hear Yellow reprimanding him for his language on his head, but right now he didn't have any time for that.

It was time to move.

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Meanwhile

Leaf was a proud girl; there was no denying of that. She had her reasons for being proud of course, and most of them relied on her family.

Both her parents loved grass Pokemon, in fact that's how they met. Her father was a Coordinator while her mother was a Trainer, and apparently both of them had hit it off as soon as they met, especially when they both realized that their love for grass Pokemon was mutual.

The rest, as they say, was history. In fact it was their love for that type of Pokemon that made them name her Leaf. While other may be annoyed by this she was quite proud of that name, so every time anyone made fun of it she shut them up as quickly as she could.

She had lost the count already of how many times she had hit Gary because of that, after all her mom always taught her to take no crap from anyone! She was headstrong too of course, just like her mom, another thing she was proud of.

Of course she grew surrounded by plenty of Pokemon from both her dad and mom, most of them grass ones, so it wasn't a surprise that she too took a real like towards them, so when the decision of choosing a Pokemon from Professor Oak arrived she didn't think it twice and chose the grass starter: Bulbasaur.

However things weren't as easy as she thought it would be, and this time it had been her impatience that got her into the mess she was currently in. Of course the first thing she had wanted to do was to have her first Pokemon fight alongside her Bulbasaur, so as soon as she had reached Route 1 she had looked for a Pokemon to fight, and maybe even capture.

A small Pidgey had been her first opponent, and while she knew that her Bulbasaur would have a disadvantage against a Flying Pokemon like Pidgey she still believed they could win.

However problems came quickly. For starters her Bulbasaur was rather… shy, so even though the Pidgey looked as harmless as it could be her Bulbasaur actually got scared of it.

She knew patience was not her forte, so when her Bulbasaur had decided that even a Sentret was scary she had gotten angry. Of course she didn't lash out at her Pokemon; her parents had told her more than once that being patience with some Pokemon was a necessity.

That didn't mean she hadn't released her anger though. She thought that by simply throwing rocks to a tree it would be enough while she thought of a way for Bulbasaur to stop being scared of everything.

Sadly one of those rocks didn't hit the tree. Instead it had hit the same type of Pokemon that was now chasing her with the obvious intent of harming her.

Spearow.

Well now she knew first hand just how much resent one of them could have, since just after that the Normal/Flying type had called his friends, who were now chasing her.

Yep, that was a good way to sum up her first day as a trainer. She messed up and now was being chased by a flock of Spearow while she ran for her life. She didn't even bother to take out her Bulbasaur, knowing that the Grass/Poison dual type wouldn't be able to do much.

So basically she was screwed. It didn't help that she was getting really tired already. She could barely feel her legs, she was breathing hard and the Spearows were getting closer by the second. She could hear their yells of angriness from behind her, but she refused to turn around.

Heck tears were threatening to leave her eyes. This was not how she had planned her journey to begin!

"Leaf!" however a voice that the brown-haired girl recognized very well. She turned her head to the side of the road and there he was, one of the two boys that could be considered her childhood friends: Ash Ketchum.

She didn't think she would ever feel relieved at seeing one of her fellow Pallet Town's trainers, but right now she would take any help she could get, and at least Ash was the less annoying of the two boys.

Sadly her attention being on the black-haired boy caused her to slip, making her fall face first into the ground with a grunt. The worst came a few seconds later though, since the Spearows took advantage of this to finally reach her, immediately attacking her with either their beaks or their talons. The young girl gasped in pain, using her arms to try and get the Spearows of her, but it didn't work.

Red, who had been running towards the girl already, saw this, which made his eyes go wide and his legs to move faster. He was carrying Pikachu of course, the small mouse for once not shocking him, easily sensing how serious the current situation was.

"Leave her alone!" as soon as Red got to the girl he dropped Pikachu and took of his jacket and used it to scare away the Spearows that were attacking Leaf.

The Spearows flew away from both trainer, but they didn't go too far, more than ready to start a attacking once again.

"C'mon we need to move!" Red said while extending his hand towards Leaf, which the girl gladly took. He helped her get up and then both started running, with Red holding Leaf's hand. The trainer made sure to pick up Pikachu once again though, which of course annoyed the mouse, but once again he would not shock the boy.

At least not right now.

Both trainers ran as fast as they could through the vast plains of Route 1. The wind moved swiftly around him, and even droplets of water started falling on them from the dark clouds that were now above them.

It didn't take much for the rain to start; soaking both trainers and Pokemon, but not even that stopped the Spearows from chasing them. Red could easily tell that the situation was doomed if they continued to just run, the Spearows were gaining on them and Leaf could barely even run at this point.

"Dammit" the black-haired trainer said under his breath, trying to think of a way to get out of this. He could only think of two ideas, but one relied of Pikachu to finally listen to him while the other would expose Charizard to Leaf, something that he couldn't allow.

Plan one it was then.

"Pikachu, I need your help!" Red suddenly yelled gaining the attention of both his Pokemon and his fellow trainer.

While Leaf just showed confusion since it was now that she took notice of the Pikachu, the yellow mouse simply glared at the boy that was his trainer. Did he really think he would help him?

"Please!" Red said again, and Pikachu could feel the desperation in his voice. The Electric type Pokemon just glared up at the teen, however after a few seconds he just huffed and wiggled his way out of the trainer's grip, landing in the ground while facing the flock of Spearow that were getting close to them.

Sure Pikachu didn't like his trainer. It wasn't anything personal, he just disliked humans in general, and if it was up to him he wouldn't have to deal with them ever. But that didn't mean he wanted them dead or anything, which looking at how much the Spearows wanted to get them might be the final outcome if he didn't help.

So just this time he would help them.

So with a yell of his own name Pikachu released a Thunder Shock straight at the flock of Spearow, hitting the ones on the middle directly. Not only that but the fact that they were soaked by the rain boosted the damage they took.

The Spearows broke from the group, the ones hurt falling to the ground, all of them passed out. Pikachu didn't give time for the others to attack and simply launched another Thunder Shock, the yellow lightning hitting a few more of the Normal/Flying dual type Pokemon

Meanwhile Red couldn't help but to smile at the fact that Pikachu was actually helping him, while Leaf stared at awe at the power that the yellow mouse had.

The few Spearows that were left didn't even try to attack Pikachu anymore. Instead they kept a safe distance from the Electric Pokemon while Pikachu huffed a little, not used to throwing so many attacks like that.

"I think we're safe now…" Red whispered to Leaf, thinking that now the Spearow will leave them alone. However he couldn't have predicted what was about to happen.

Suddenly the Spearows that were still flying let out a combined yell. That made both trainers and Pikachu to frown in confusion, having no idea what they were doing.

"What's going on?" Leaf suddenly asked, her eyes glued to the Spearows.

"I have no idea… but it can't be good" Red answered back, another bad feeling setting itself in his gut.

Suddenly a mighty yell resembling a roar was heard, making Red and Leaf's eyes to go wide. It didn't take long for a giant form to fly above them, its shadow casting over both trainers.

The figure moved faster that they could follow and ended up setting itself between Pikachu and the Spearows.

"That's a…" Leaf started, fear once again showing on her eyes.

"Fearow!" Red finished for her, his eyes also wide and shock at seeing the Normal/Flying Pokemon.

Of course Red had seen plenty of Fearows before. He had even caught one when he had met Bill back when he had started his journey, but this Fearow looked a lot more menacing that any other he had seen. Scars covered its beak, talons and face, while its feathers were of a darker shade of brown than usual. He was even bigger than any other Fearow he had seen!

This was obviously the leader of the flock, and it was obvious enough the amount of fight the evolved Pokemon got itself into, probably for territorial purpose if what he knew of Spearows and Fearows was true.

The mighty Normal/Flying type was glaring down at them, its wings flapping slowly. However Red saw how its focus slowly moved from them to Pikachu, making its prey quite obvious.

"Pikachu look out!" however it was too late. With a sudden movement the Fearow dashed at the small mouse

In response Pikachu tried to attack him with another Thunder Shock, but the Fearow was not the leader of this flock for nothing. It easily dodged the attack but kept moving towards the Electric, a white aura surrounding the evolved Pokemon.

Knowing that he wouldn't be able to dodge the attack Pikachu braced himself for the impact. However instead of pain he felt himself being surrounded by a pair of arms before being launched into the sky and landing quite hard in the ground.

The yellow mouse slowly opened his eyes, having no idea what had happened, however it became obvious once he realized Red was hugging him with his body now lying on the ground, result of being hit by the Fearow's Aerial Ace instead of him.

"You… ok?" Red managed grunt out in pain. He had taken Fearow's attack right on his left side and it hurt like hell, but he didn't regret taking the attack for Pikachu, after all he was helping them even though he obviously didn't want to, so this was the least he could do to pay him back.

"Ash!" Leaf yelled, honestly worried about the teen. She ran towards them, but she couldn't help but to gasp as soon as she saw what Fearow had done to him. There was a big slash across his left arm that had ripped both his clothes and his skin! He was even bleeding!

Pikachu for his part was simply left speechless. Why had he taken the hit for him? It just didn't make any sense in his head! He had never seen a human taking an attack for their Pokemon, and considering how bad he had treated the teen he just couldn't understand why Ash had helped him.

"Pika…pi?" Pikachu asked confused, to which Red simply chuckled a little bit, still in obvious pain.

"What? We're still partners. You might not like it but I'm not going to let you fight alone" the former champion answered while trying to stand up. Luckily for him Leaf reached him and helped him by lending him a shoulder.

Red then glared up at the Fearow that was now circling around them, probably trying to reach Pikachu first. The Normal/Flying Pokemon wasn't dumb, and probably knew that Pikachu was the biggest threat to him.

Red had other plans though. That Fearow was too strong. He honestly doubted that Pikachu would be able to take him on, specially with how shaken up the little guy seemed to be. It was obvious that the Fearow wouldn't leave them alone though, so Red only had one choice.

Well there goes his plan of not depending on Charizard.

"Leaf" he suddenly said while still looking up at the Fearow, getting the girls attention, who just raised an eyebrow at him "I need you to take Pikachu and get as far as you can from here"

He couldn't let her see Charizard though, there was just too much risk by doing that, and if she took Pikachu with her at least he would be safer, just in case.

Of course the brown-haired girl took offense to that. Did he really think she was going to leave him alone to fight that thing? Without his own Pokemon?! She knew Ash could be dumb but this was too much!

And she was about to voice her complains, but the words died on her mouth as soon as Red looked at her. She had never seen him with such a serious expression on her life.

"I'll be fine" Red continued with a serious tone "but I need you to search for help while I distract it. Viridian City isn't so far from here" he said while handing her Pikachu, who wasn't even paying attention, still lost on his thoughts.

"Go!" Red ended up yelling at her, not liking it but he needed for her to leave. Leaf ended up just nodding mutely before turning around and starting running, her whole perception of Ash Ketchum being shifted on her head.

However the Fearow wasn't going to let its prey get away so easily, so with another yell it tried to chase them, but it was stopped when a sudden object was thrown at it, courtesy of Red.

As soon as the Fearow recognized it, it destroyed it with a flap of his wings, which were covered with a white energy. The Fearow recognized the object as a Pokeball; after all he had seen plenty of the members of his flock getting captured in one of those.

And it would not let itself be captured by anyone. It glared down at the boy that had thrown the Pokeball at him, who was now running on the opposite direction of the other human and the Pikachu. Quickly deciding it's pray the Fearow flapped its wings and dashed towards the black-haired trainer, who couldn't get very far with the wound he already had.

Red ran as fast as his legs allowed him, which wasn't much to be honest, but he needed to make some distance and to make sure the Fearow wouldn't go for Leaf, which was why he had thrown the Pokeball. It definitely worked since he could hear Fearow chasing him from behind.

He reached inside of his jacket for the Pokeball he needed, however the Fearow moved faster, and before Red was able to release his Pokemon the Normal/Flying dual type slammed into his back, making the former champion to yell in pain before falling face down into the soaked grass.

Ever so slowly Red managed to stand up, tired eyes looking up at the Fearow who was preparing to attack him once again. He honestly couldn't feel his left arm, while in his right hand he gripped Charizard's Pokeball tightly.

With another flap of wings the Fearow dived towards the trainer, which made him spring into action, quickly throwing the Pokeball at it.

"Charizard, Flamethrower!" That was a no brainer, after all if there was a move that he knew Charizard excelled it was definitely that one.

The ball opened and with a roar the Fire/Flying Kanto starter appeared, catching the Fearow by surprise. The bird Pokemon stopped his diving, but Charizard didn't relent, and with a quick move he roared a stream of fire out of his maw, hitting the Fearow directly.

Said Pokemon released a cry of pain, the burst of fire even sending him backwards with how much strength it packed.

For his part Charizard landed on the ground, his flaming tail releasing steam thanks to the still going rain, however something like that was nothing but a little nuisance to the Fire/Flying Pokemon. He glared at the Fearow before looking back at Red, his eyes focusing on the wound the former champion had on his left arm.

"I'm fine" Red said, looking straight at Charizard's eyes "Lets deal with Fearow first, this should be a good exercise for you!" he continued with a small smile, earning a grunt from Charizard, who then simply flapped his wings and took the sky, flying directly towards the Fearow who had now recovered.

"Use Flamethrower again!" Red ordered, to which Charizard complied, releasing another stream of fire from his mouth directly into the Fearow. However the Normal/Flying type Pokemon wasn't the leader of the flock for nothing, and managed to avoid the attack by flying upwards with a boost of speed.

Charizard kept pursuing Fearow, releasing fire as much as he could, but the bird Pokemon proved to simply be faster and dodged every attack. Then a white energy surrounded it before it suddenly disappeared, a second later appearing just above Charizard and diving towards him.

"Block with Steel Wing!" Red knew that dodging something like Aerial Ace was practically impossible, so Charizard had no other choice but to block. Charizard's wing were suddenly covered with a grey energy that almost made them look metallic just before he used them as a shield to avoid the attack that Fearow had been aiming at his body.

Fearow's body slammed against Charizard's wings, making both of them to grunt a little bit in pain.

"Repel him and Flamethrower!" said Red as soon as Fearow impacted Charizard. In response Charizard flapped his wings as hard as he could, sending Fearow back, and before he was able to recover he launched another stream of fire, once again getting a cry of pain from Fearow as soon as it him it.

Fearow made as much distance as he could from Charizard, definitely not used to receiving such strong hits. Even the other Pokemon it had defeated to earn this territory weren't as strong as this Charizard, and while the rain helped a little bit it wasn't enough.

The next thing Fearow did was to dash towards Charizard as quick as it could. It's beak suddenly gaining a white aura.

After another command from Red Charizard threw another Flamethrower at the Fearow, but this time the Normal/Flying Pokemon was ready and managed to avoid the attack by spinning around it.

The point of Fearow's beak impacted directly into Charizard's belly, getting a grunt of pain from him, but Fearow wasn't done. It released a fury of attacks with its beak directly at his body.

"Charizard match him with Dragon Claw!" Red knew Blue's Charizard wasn't much of a close combat fighter, but at least Blue had kept his physical attribute up to part with the rest.

A purple, almost blue energy surrounded Charizard's claws just before he tried slashing at Fearow, but said Pokemon managed to avoid it before flaying up, to which Charizard quickly followed.

Red followed both Pokemon with his eyes, however he soon lost sight of Fearow when the Pokemon flew past the black clouds that covered the sky, and by the look of things Charizard was about to follow him.

"Wait, Charizard!" He suddenly yelled, knowing that things could get bad if he suddenly lost sight of Charizard too "Get down quickly, he's planning something!"

The Kanto started followed the order, but not quick enough as a few seconds later Fearow flew towards him like a missile, it's whole body surrounded by a massive purple energy with yellow streaks coming out of the front.

"He knows Giga Impact?! Charizard keep going down!" Red ordered, an idea appearing on his mind. Normally using a move like the one he was planning was pretty much useless in such a fast Pokemon like Fearow, but in this situation it might work.

Charizard dive bombed as fast as he could, with Fearow following him even faster. At this rate there was no doubt that Fearow would reach Charizard, but Red needed to be certain the attack will or else it would be for nothing.

The perfect moment came a few seconds later.

"Now! Turn around and use Blast Burn!" as soon as Red ordered him that Charizard's eyes shined red, the flame of his tail becoming twice as strong. The Fire/Flying suddenly turned, facing the Giga Impact of Fearow head on. From his maw the strongest fire he could create was formed, and not even a second later he launched a beam of yellow, almost golden fire from his mouth, with even rings of fire surrounding the stream.

Fearow didn't even have the time to react as the ultimate fire attack hit him, creating a massive explosion. Charizard was barely able to flap his wings in order to not slam into the ground, a big cloud of smoke now hiding Fearow from everyone's view.

The next time it appeared Fearow was obviously unconscious, it's body failing freely towards the ground, its whole body covered in burn marks.

However before it hit the ground a Pokeball hit it directly, getting the Pokemon inside like a red beam. The ball touched the ground, shacking a few times before staying still with a click sound, evidence that the Fearow had been captured.

Red huffed tiredly, moving slowly towards the Pokeball that now had his Fearow, with Charizard landing not far from it. The former champion picked the Pokeball up, still not used to not being able to see what Pokemon was in the Pokeball like he did back in his world.

Then he smiled towards Charizard before chuckling a little bit, said chuckle quickly turning into a full blown laugh, which just made Charizard to blink confusedly at the teen.

Red stopped laughing once his body touched the ground backwards, too tired to even move at this point, however he still kept the relieved smile, using his right hand to wash away the water in his face.

"Told you I would get you to stretch your wings!" the black-haired teen suddenly said towards Charizard, who just huffed in response, releasing smoke from his nose, which honestly just made Red chuckle a little bit more.

However he then looked up in curiosity once the drops of water stopped hitting his face. What greeted them was a sudden ray of light coming from the clouds that were now dispersing.

It didn't take long for the sun to completely shine through, making Red to shield his eyes with his right hand. He had to admit that after all that the sun certainly looked beautiful, but it was the next thing he saw that truly took his breath away.

A majestic bird flying through the sky, with a golden aura covering its whole body, a rainbow forming itself just behind the path it followed. Both trainer and Pokemon were left speechless at the spectacle, but it was Red the one that recognized the Pokemon.

"Ho-Oh…?" Red whispered, recognizing the legendary Rainbow Pokemon. It was hard not to, considering that he had once fought against it. He had no idea why such a Pokemon would be flying here of all places, but he certainly wouldn't complain.

"Gold will be so jealous when I tell him" he then murmured, his eyelids growing too heavy for him to keep his eyes open. The events of the day were finally getting to him, and even though he knew this wasn't the best time for that, right now he only wanted to sleep for a while.

The last thing he was able to do was to get Charizard in his Pokeball before the Kanto starter managed to complain. He didn't even have the strength to hide the Pokeball though, so it simply ended up in his hand.

And then there was nothing but darkness.

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(1): Basically picture the Unova Dex

Well that was a long one. A little slow but I just wanted to test how good I could write a Pokemon fight, I hope it was of your liking.

Yes, Red's starter is Pikachu. No big changes there. And no, Charizard won't become this Deux Ex Machina that will get Red out of every trouble so don't worry about that

Just to not confuse anyone, this Red has the thing of always nicknaming his Pokemon, normally with a part of their own name, so when I mention one of Red old Pokemon I will do it by their nickname, same in the future for any Pokemon Red capture (Charizard and Pikachu being an exception since Charizard isn't his Pokemon and I will explain Pikachu in the next chapter). In case you were wondering though:

Poli = Poliwrath

Saur = Venusaur

Pika = Pikachu (his old one)

Aero = Aerodactyl

Gyara = Gyrados

Snor = Snorlax

Vee = Espeon

Yeah I know pretty obvious but I just don't want confusion, so I'll end this with a little bit on certain Pokemon (This is the official information taken out of Bulbapedia, except the movements)

Pokemon: Charizard

Original Trainer: Blue Oak

Gender: Male

Ability: Blaze

Nature: Bold

Movements: Flamethrower, Blast Burn, Steel Wing, Dragon Claw, Fly, Fire Punch

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